From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261743AbUL0DCF (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Dec 2004 22:02:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261744AbUL0DCF (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Dec 2004 22:02:05 -0500 Received: from smtp3.adl2.internode.on.net ([203.16.214.203]:29192 "EHLO smtp3.adl2.internode.on.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261743AbUL0DCA (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Dec 2004 22:02:00 -0500 Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 13:31:42 +1030 From: "Mark Williams (MWP)" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Sam Ravnborg Subject: Re: 2.6.10 make script problems Message-ID: <20041227030142.GA3321@linux.comp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 01:23:02AM +1030, Mark Williams (MWP) wrote: >> Hi all, >> First... im not on lkml, so can you please CC replies back to me, thanks. >> >> This is a werid one... >> >> On running "make menuconfig" for the first time on a freshly extracted >> "linux-2.6.10.tar.bz2" everything works fine. >> >> >From then on however, running "make" in any form ("make bzImage", "make >> menuconfig", etc) brings on this: >> >> [root@linux linux-2.6.10]# make bzImage >> make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.10 O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.10 bzImage >> make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.10 O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.10 bzImage >> make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.10 O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.10 bzImage >> make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.10 O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.10 bzImage >> make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.10 O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.10 bzImage >> .... >> >> which continues until i ctrl-c. > >Check your Makefile. It looks like 'make O=...' was executed in the >wrong directory, thus overwriting the original Makefile. > > Sam Yes, it seems the root Makefile is being overwritten. On a cleanly extracted 2.6.10 kernel, when i run "make menuconfig" i get the following: [root@linux linux-2.6.10]# make menuconfig HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep HOSTCC scripts/basic/split-include HOSTCC scripts/basic/docproc GEN /usr/src/linux-2.6.10-ck1/Makefile SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.h HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/conf.o HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/mconf.o SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.c SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/lex.zconf.c HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.o HOSTLD scripts/kconfig/mconf HOSTCC scripts/lxdialog/checklist.o HOSTCC scripts/lxdialog/inputbox.o HOSTCC scripts/lxdialog/lxdialog.o HOSTCC scripts/lxdialog/menubox.o HOSTCC scripts/lxdialog/msgbox.o HOSTCC scripts/lxdialog/textbox.o HOSTCC scripts/lxdialog/util.o HOSTCC scripts/lxdialog/yesno.o HOSTLD scripts/lxdialog/lxdialog Note the "GEN /usr/src/linux-2.6.10-ck1/Makefile". Is this the problem? Thanks again.